QOW II

Question of the Week II:

What is the best photograph you have ever taken?

MPAA QOW I

Question of the Week for the MPAA:

If you were to do a photographic essay of one type of cuisine, what would it be and why?

MPAA

So the MPAA is the crazy film screening group that gives "ratings" to films. For any of you who've seen "This Film is Not Yet Rated," you know how evil they are. As a heavenly yin to the dastardly deeds of the Motion Picture Association of America, Meka and I are starting the MPAA: McBoat Photography Alumni Association. The MPAA is a group of former and current clients who can praise and bitch about us. We will talk about life, photography, anything. Every week on Facebook and this blog I will ask a question to the group and everyone can give their feedback. Check it out.

Dine Out on May 1st

On Thursday, May 1 Meka and I will be photographing an event that is near and dear to our heart: Dining Out for Life to support Project Angel Heart. In the past we have worked the event, but this year were asked to do photography for it.

We would love to see people out there working to support an amazing cause. Dine out with family and friends at one of your favorite restaurants and 25% of your food bill will go directly to Project Angel Heart. Pick from more than 350 of the best restaurants in Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs to dine at for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dining Out for Life® raises more than $380,000 for Project Angel Heart.

http://www.projectangelheart.org/events/DOL/rest_part/2008dol_restlist.htm

We will post photos from the event soon.

Sand the Dress

Meka and I have worked with some pretty resilient couples dealing with crazy curve ball thrown at them, but Eric and Kim take the prize.


Due to changing flights, late-night parting, and cab drivers, our Trash The Dress photo session was the day after The Lindeen's amazing wedding. As it turned out Meka and I showed up at 6:30AM outside their bungalow.


Though Kim and Eric had just gone to bed a few hours prior, they were bright and shiny and ready to take amazing photos. The four of us piled into a local cab and went down to Sunset Beach on Seven Mile Beach in Negril and had a great time playing around in the surf and sand.


After a few hours, it was time to say goodbye to Eric and Kim and it was emotional for everyone. We know this won't be the last time we see this amazing couple, but to part with them after such a journey made our hearts heavy. At least we know we have a place to stay next time we go up to Minnesota.

I Caught a Red Stripe THIS Big!

After a day out in the sun on a boat, some of the boys were a bit unsure about heading back out to brave the Caribbean Seas. At 7AM the day of the wedding the boys all piled in to a car the size of a VW Beetle and there were seven of us strapping young lads! I enjoyed the ride with the gearshift in my bum and Steve was going to need a chiropractor to fix his neck.


We were all very glad to get out of the car and onto the boat. The ship and its crew were solid but the fishing gods were not with us this morning.

Ty was a little trooper but unfortunately spent most of the trip over the starboard side of the ship.
After four hours of talking, trying different baits, following seaweed drifts, and having the captain take snorkeling gear and just stick his head off the side of the boat, all we had caught was a few six-packs of Red Stripe.

The boat dropped us off at Ricks Cafe so we could walk back to Tensing Pen and avoid any further spinal trauma. As it turned out Ricks wasn't open yet and after enjoying some high-diving entertainment from some locals, we had to sweet-talk our way to have the security guard let us out of the locked gates.

Seastar

Meka and I spent the morning photographing at a great little hotel on the cliffs of Negril, Jamaica for their use on their website and promotional materials. It is a great little place that is lots of fun to stay at.

No Problem

Have you ever met someone and you just clicked? Well that was what it was like for Meka and I when this weekend we had the opportunity to meet thirteen of the most charming and full-of-life people we have ever come across: the Byle and Lindeen families.

We first met them when Meka and I ended up interrupting their dinner the night we first got to Jamaica. Everyone was pretty wiped out, the parents had lost their luggage, but from that moment on, we knew this was going to be an amazing wedding. Photographing a wedding in paradise, tough job right? The only thing that made shooting in Negril, Jamaica better was doing it with warm people who just open up to you. We had an amazing time and cannot wait to post up some photographs from the event. Look for them soon and more to follow!

Capitol Rotunda

We WON!

The winners of the Kempe Foundation's Get Your Blue On Photo Contest was announced and one of the images Meka and I shot won! It was so wonderful to support an organization that prevents child abuse, even more so now that Meka is preggers! I stopped by the Colorado State Capitol Rotunda and checked out the finalists they displayed. All of the images we had submitted were selected as finalists and printed on canvas to be displayed in the Capitol through May. It was a wonderful sight to see.

Brazzil

Meka and I are always donating services to non-profit charity functions. Recently a woman from an import company-Brazzil Arts purchased a photography session to showcase some new products. Brazzil Arts imports jewelry, handbags, and other accessories made my artisans in Brazil from 100% recycled newspaper that is lacquered and woven or strung. It is some wild work that we were so glad to be a part of.

Hard Rock

I visited my first Hard Rock Cafe during a high school trip to Florida and I loved every minute of it. It was so amazing to go back to a restaurant I had loved as a child but to this time be working for them. Hard Rock Cafe purchased photographs we had taken of their restaurant to use with their website. The marketing manager was a real pleasure to work with and gave me an amazing tour of the whole place and pointing out some amazing rock memorabilia, much of it tied to Red Rocks. The photos turned out wonderfully.